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Advocates urge keeping annual, multihour suicide-prevention training; bill would allow biennial training
Summary
HB 1635 would require suicide-prevention training within 30 days of hire and change the statutory requirement from annual two-hour training to a biennial or locally determined cadence; NAMI and DHHS opposed reducing frequency and dropping the two-hour minimum, citing high youth suicide rates in New Hampshire.
Representative Melissa Litchfield presented HB 1635, which would change the timing and frequency of suicide-prevention training for school personnel: require initial training within 30 days of hire and make subsequent training occur every two years instead of every year, while allowing districts discretion to provide more frequent or longer trainings.
Supporters argued the change would give districts flexibility and reduce training redundancy.…
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